UCLA Performs First 'Breathing Lung' Transplant in United States (image)

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UCLA performed the first double lung transplant in the US using the experimental TransMedics Organ Care System, which keeps donor lungs functioning and "breathing" in a near-physiologic state outside the body during transport.

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TransMedics

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